Map, Silk, Escape, MI9, Southern France

Rare genuine WWII British single-sided silk escape map which shows the half South France.

Maps were issued to aircrew of the RAF and USAAF as part of an escape kit in case they were shot down or forced to land while on a mission to Occupied Europe.
Escape maps were believed to be one of the most useful items in an airman's escape kit. They were useful to those engaged in resistance work helping Allied servicemen to evade capture and eventually return to Britain and continue the fight.